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package org.springframework.binding.form.support;

/**
 * MessageKeyStrategy is used by {@link MessageSourceFieldFaceSource} to create the codes for resolving messages.
 * 
 * @author Mathias Broekelmann
 * 
 */
public interface MessageCodeStrategy {

    /**
     * Creates message codes.
     * 
     * @param contextId
     *            optional contextId of the field.
     * @param field
     *            the field. The field name
     * @param suffixes
     *            optional array of suffixes.
     * @return an array of message codes
     */
    String[] getMessageCodes(String contextId, String field, String[] suffixes);

}
